The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers has appointed Rodney E. Slater, the former transportation secretary, to a nonvoting position on the board of Northwest Airlines, where he will serve as an observer and adviser to the...

January 29, 2005, Saturday

A low-fare competitor entering a major airline's hub is the industry's equivalent of the proverbial canary in the mine shaft. If it perishes in that market, consumers know they are bound to suffer. New studies released last week by Rodney Slater, the...

In the wake of recent deals that would consolidate the airline industry in the hands of a few giant carriers, the Clinton administration plans to issue a last-minute call to police the industry more closely. In a speech this evening in New York...

United Airlines is expected to have a contract settlement with its pilots by Labor Day, easing air traffic delays, Transportation Secretary Rodney Slater said today. Mr. Slater said labor and management at United, the world's largest airline, had...

August 25, 2000, Friday

After a summer of record delays and frayed nerves, the nation's flying public is being told the situation is untenable and will be fixed. It is a tale we have heard before, as recently as a year ago. Flight delays are up 10 percent from last year....

Beleaguered airline passengers looking for immediate relief from a summer of record delays and cancellations received scant hope today from a meeting of airline executives, labor unions, airport executives and the government. The meeting was...

A record number of flight delays and cancellations has prompted officials in Washington to call an unusual meeting on Monday in the hopes of finding ways to ease conditions for beleaguered air travelers. In the face of a growing outcry from...

Citing the large number of flight cancellations by United Airlines, Transportation Secretary Rodney Slater said today that he was calling the chiefs of the major carriers to Washington to discuss rampant delays and cancellations. Mr. Slater said...

Faced with an undercurrent of grumbling about the centrist tone of its ticket and platform, the Democratic Party devoted much of its convention today to reassuring its liberal base, sending its vice-presidential candidate, Senator Joseph I....

ONE of the great racial divides of traffic safety is seat belt use; young African-Americans are about 50 percent less likely than other motorists to buckle up, and they have correspondingly higher death rates in highway crashes. But safety experts...